VT100

<p>The VT100 is a video <a href="/facts/Computer_terminal/fSlx05qV">terminal</a>, introduced in August 1978 by <a href="/facts/Digital_Equipment_Corporation/ztxs6keA">Digital Equipment Corporation</a> (DEC). It was one of the first terminals to support <a href="/facts/ANSI_escape_code/29l9Yalv">ANSI escape codes</a> for cursor control and other tasks, and added a number of extended codes for special features like controlling the status lights on the keyboard. This led to rapid uptake of the ANSI standard, which became the <a href="/facts/De_facto_standard/TRELHVwI">de facto standard</a> for hardware video terminals and later <a href="/facts/Terminal_emulator/yNfevBJd">terminal emulators</a>.
</p><p>The VT100 series, especially the VT102, was extremely successful in the market, and made DEC the leading terminal vendor at the time. The VT100 series was replaced by the <a href="/facts/VT220/xcC6bDaQ">VT200 series</a> starting in 1983, which proved equally successful. Ultimately, over six million terminals in the VT series were sold, based largely on the success of the VT100.
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VT100